Bob Ives (Camel Trophy winner)
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Bob Ives | |
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.jpg) Bob Ives at the 35th Camel Trophy reunion in 2015 | |
| Born | Hampshire, UK |
| Education | Lord Wandsworth College Hampshire |
| Occupation(s) | Off-road advisor, TV crew and Farmer |
| Employer(s) | BBC, W. Chump & Sons, Expectation Entertainment, Grand Tour Productions and Wildtrackers |
| Known for | Along with his brother, Joe: Winning the Camel Trophy in 1989, both being awarded the RAC Segrave Trophy the same year, and being a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
Robert 'Bob' Ives was the 1989 Camel Trophy winner, along with his brother, Joe, and an off-road advisor for Top Gear and The Grand Tour special features.
Robert 'Bob' Ives, was born in the early 1960s, and grew up on the family farm in Hampshire.
He went to school at Herriard Primary School and went on to secondary education at Lord Wandsworth College, where he passed seven O-levels and two GCSEs.
Ives got in to off-road driving and motorcycling during two year-long trips, driving and working around Australia. In 1979 in an old Toyota Land Cruiser and again in 1982 on a Suzuki DR-Z400.
On his return to the UK he competed in competitive off-road trials with the All Wheel Drive Club (AWDC), in Land Rovers and Range Rovers.
Camel Trophy
In 1985 Ives took part in trials to become a member of the British team on the Camel Trophy challenge event, making the final four. He got to final selections every year, until finally making one half of the UK team for the 1989 Brazil event, along with his brother, Joe Ives.
After nearly three weeks and 1000 miles, the Ives brothers became the only UK team ever to win this gruelling 4x4 event, which ran from 1980 until 2000.
In recognition of their achievement the brothers were awarded the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Segrave Trophy,[1] awarded to British nationals who accomplish the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air, or water. Other recipients included; Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Lewis Hamilton MBE and John Blashford-Snell OBE[2]
Camel Trophy competitors were only permitted to participate once, but Ives went on to help run further Camel Trophy events.[3] Siberia (1990), Tanzania/Burundi (1991), Guyana (1992), Argentina/Paraguay/Chile (1994), Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras (1995) and Kalimantan (1996).